> > I have not checked out your bug but; do U have to use the Valid method? How about LostFocus? Yes. We kind of like the sound of valid as opposed to LostFocus I guess. Not sure it makes a lot of sense but I have used the following approach that does work from the Valid event, but not from within grids! *** *** ----------------------------------- *** procedure tabIndexDiff(xTo,xFrom) * Use in valid clauses to focus another field than the * natural next one. * xTo is the object you want to focus, xFrom is the * current object. *! Does not work in grids because the tabindex is always 1. *? tired of not knowing when setfocus works and when not. if !propIsMember(xTo,'TabIndex') return 1 endif if !propIsMember(xFrom,'TabIndex') return 1 endif return xTo.tabindex-xFrom.tabindex *** *** --------------------------------- *** procedure propIsMember(xObj,xProp) local array xAr(1) local xNr,xI xNr=amember(xAr,xObj) if xNr=0 return .f. endif for xI= 1 to xNr if upper(xAr(xI))= upper(xProp) return endif endfor return .f